4 Page 2 -,The Michigan Daily - Frid Mother WASHINGTON (AP) - After post- poning childbearing into their late 20s as they pursued careers in recent years, large numbers of American women are now waiting even longer - often to - their late 30s - to have children, new government statistics show. "An increasing proportion of women who have been delaying childbearing seem to be postponing their first births until their mid- or even late-30s," the National Center' for Health Statistics said in its final report on births in 1982. BETWEEN 1981 and 1982, the first- birth rate fell by less than 1 percent for women 15 to 19 years old, by 1 percent for women 25 to 29 years and by 2 per- cent for women aged 20 to 24, the report said. "In sharp contrast, the rate in- ay, October 12, 1984 s postpone creased by 10 percent for women aged ths and 30-34 years and by 18 percent for women also fell. aged 35-39 years," the study said. In a w Out of 1,000 women interviewed, 14.6 women tc percent had their first child between major ec the ages of 30 and 34. This rate has out. doubled in the past decade. For those And b women aged 35 to 39, late childbearing take par has increased by 83 percent. -increase THE TREND to postpone child- problems bearing into the middle or late 20s has offspring been widely noted in recent years as "A CO young women pursued education and have chi established themselves in careers value th before embarking on motherhood. time, car But the new statistics indicate even and mob further delays than have been reported in a stud in the past. There was a substantial in- tember crease in first births to women in their, Demogra 30s, while those in the 25-29 age group The stu actually had a small decline in first bir- women in childbearing the rate for younger women orld where it is the norm for o work, this decision also has a onomic component, he pointed iological considerations also t, with physicians indicating ed possibility . of medical s for older mothers and their UPLE decides if and when to ildren based on the relative ey place on children, leisure reer, and a lifestyle of privacy ility," David Bloom observed dy of childbearing in the Sep- issue of American aphics magazine. udy found that children both to n the 25-29 and 30-34 age groups st likely .to have a low birth 1982, while those most at risk n to teen-agers and to women over 40. The median weight of babies delivered in 1982 was 3,370 grams, 7 pounds, 7 ounces, slightly more than the 1979-81 average' of 3,360 grams. But there was a sharp racial difference, with white babies averaging a half- pound heavier than blacks. THE 1982 births report disclosed that while 99 percent of births occur in hospitals there has been a sharp in- crease in use of home births attended by midwives. The study, released this week, also found use of midwives to assist in birth has been increasing and reported a rise in childbearing by unmarried women. Births occurring outside of hospitals, attended by midwives, totaled 14,375 in 1982, 12 percent more than the year before. And midwives also assisted in 63,062 hospital births, up from 55,537 in 1981. w Va were lea weight in were bor ::; ,.: !r . C ti - - -- - - w- - w s b WSCOUNT MUFFLERS AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CAR SPECIALIST ri:s:: FOM AS Installed By LO s. 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The con-. fereace also marked the start of the fir- st National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week. Dennis Roberts, assiciate dean of students and director of housing at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, expressed fear that educators are being "blackmailed by students saying, 'Well, if you're not going to allow us to drink on campus, we'll drive drunk."' ROBERTS SAID he has misgivings about the age 21 bandwagon, saying that traffic statistics"show thatsmale drivers age 21-24 have just as high a rate of accidents as those age 18-20. "Why not go to 25?" asked Roberts, whose own campus imposed a tem- porary ban on drinking this fall after problems with fraternities and sororities. The drinking age in Texas is 19. Nancy Schulte, assistant director of residence life for Louisiana State Univerrsity in, Baton Rouge,a state with an age 18 law, said, "We in student affairs are doing lots as far as positive alcohol education, but one block away off campus there are all the bars with the 3-for-1 drinks every day and quar- ter-beer nights." SOME STATES lowered their drinking ages in the early 1970s when- the voting age was lowered to 18.New Jersey and Maryland already have e sobering up moved them back to 21. Wisconsin moved its age to 19 in July, and Arizona, and Nebraska will move up to 21 in January from 19 and 20, respec- tively. Ohio moved its age to 19, but voters rejected a move to 21. Michigan's drinking age has been 21 since 1980.. Gregory Moore, 24, president of a lobbying group called the U.S. Student Association, said the loss of jobs at pubs is a major concern for students. "It's totally unfair," he said, "Prohibition didn't work in the 1920s, and prohibition from 18 to 21 won't work in this instance either." Dr. Edward Hammon, vice president for student affairs at the University of Louisville, told of a $137,000 judgment against an Ohio State University student organization that sponsored a party followed by a fatal car crash. , OTHER eductators worried that closing the pub could crimp the student activities budget. Max Vest, director of student ac- tivities at the University of Richmond in Virginia, said, "Like the other cam- puses, I depend quite a bit on that sale of beverage to finance my student ac- tivity programs." Terry Callahan, director of alcohol programs for the U.S. Brewers Association, said the brewing industry has revised its voluntary advertising guidelines this year. Among the new strictures is a ban on any beer ad that portrays "beer drinking as being im- portant to education" or that "directly" or indirectly degrades studying," she said. BACOHUS and the national organiz- tions of deans and housing chiefs have developed their own marketing guidelines, including a ban on chugging contests and a requirement that food and non-alcoholic drinks also be offered if beer is given away in a promotion. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports U.S. woman takes space walk CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Kathy Sullivan jubilantly broke another American sex barrier yesterday by walking and working for three hours in the hostile vacuum of space 137 miles above Earth. "Oh, this is really amazing," she said 21/2 hours into the space walk. "We're coming over Venezuela. They never described it this way in the tour guide." At one point, the 33-year-old geologist floated over the side of the winged spaceship, grabbing a hand rail with one hand, and fixed the ship's broken data transmission antenna in time to beam back television of the final minutes of the spacewalk. "Orbital Repair strikes again," she said. Sullivan and Leestma, wearing multi-layer pressure suits worth $2 million each, spent more than three hours working outside, circling Earth twice at 17,500 mph. They remained leashed to the shuttle by lifelines at all times. Whooping cough still kills kids ATLANTA - Pertussis, the once-common childhood disease also known as "whooping cough," remains a serious health problem and will not disap- pear soon, federal health officials reported yesterday. The national Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said 2,463 cases of per- tussis were reported last year, up from 1,895 cases the year before. So far this year, 1,764 have been reported. An epidemic, which has since subsided, was reported in Seattle earlier this year. Pertussis can be a serious disease causing pneumonia, hemorrhaging, seizures, brain disease and death. Fif- teen deaths were reported in the years 1982-83. Peitussis vaccine has been in widespread use since the 1950s, but eradication of the disease likely will not come anytime soon, said Dr. Alan Hinman, director of the Atlanta-based CDC's immunization division. "I don't think it's feasible" to talk about eradication, Hinman said, "There's enough that we do not know about the disease...." In that regard, pertussis differs from childhood, diseases such as measles and rubella. Researchers say strongly that those may be wiped out in the United States in coming years. In the '82 and '83 cases, 43 percent of the victims - and all but two of the 15 who died - were less than 6 months old, the CDC said in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Those cases were in children too young to get per- tussis vaccinations, "so you cannot call them strictly preventable," Hinman said. Hispanics not utilizing state mental health care facilities LANSING, Mich. - A report released yesterday suggests Hispanics who need help are not utilizing Michigan's mental health system. The Michigan Hispanic Mental Health Association, which prepared the report, said increasing the number of bilingual and bicultural mental health professionals is key to solving the problem. The most serious mental and emotional problems suffered by Hispamcs are depression, alcoholism, anxiety and identity, the report said. Mental health director Patrick Babcock said the department plans a num- ber of steps, including training more bilingual doctors and counselors and reaching out to Hispanics through their community centers, to deal with the problem. Babcock said the department is seeking $1 million in fiscal 1986 for professional training and internship programs. A portion of that will be earmarked for bilingual and bicultural trainees, he said. Panama vows to protect treaty PANAMA CITY, Panama - Panama's new civilian president promised in an inaugural speech yesterday that his administration will "scrupulously" respect the U.S. canal treaties. Nicolas Ardito Barletta, an American-educated economist, was sworn in for a five-year term at a ceremony in.the capital's Atlapa Convention Cen- ter. Secretary of State George Shultz headed the U.S. delegation to the inauguration. Ardito Barletta, 46, 'a graduate in economics from the University of Chicago, was the first civilian president directly elected in Panama in 16 years. All the others were chosen by means of an indirect process controlled by the military. Under the U.S. canal treaties - which will give Panama full control of the canal by the year 2000 - Panama promised to remain neutral and to allow unhindered passage through the canal to ships of all nations. "We will respect scrupulously our commitments and international agreements and we hope that the nations of the international community do the same with us, especially the United States of America regarding the Torrijos-Carter treaties about the Panama Canal and its neutrality," the new president said. Court denies murderer's story WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court voted 7-2 yesterday to let convicted Virginia murderer Linwood Briley die today. The justices rejected an emergency request aimed at keeping Briley alive untilhis lawyers could file a formal appeal challenging his conviction for the 1979 slaying of a Richmond disc jockey. Briley, scheduled to die in Virginia's electric chair at 11 p.m. today, lost his latest previous appeal before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday - the same day the Supreme Court left intact by a 7-2 vote a previous 4th Circuit court ruling in Briley's case. 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